Sri Muktsar Sahib-

Sri Muktsar Sahib District is located in South Western Zone of Punjab. It lies between 30◦ 69? and 29◦ 87? latitude and 74◦ 21? and 74◦ 86? longitude. It is bounded by States of Rajasthan and Haryana in the South, district Faridkot in North, Firozpur in West and Bathinda in the East ( Map 1 ). It covers an area of 2615 sq km, which constitutes 5.19 % area of Punjab.

According to census of 2001, Sri Muktsar Sahib has total population of 9,01,896. The percentage of rural population to the total population is 74.46% . Sri Muktsar Sahib has population density of 344 persons per sq. Km. The Scheduled Castes form 37.75% of the total population in this district. The population of Sri Muktsar Sahib District has increased at the rate of 18.80% from 1991 to 2001 against 20.10% for the whole state.